Privacy Policy

• Information Provided By You. We collect Information you provide to us directly when you use our Site. This includes:
  • Account Information: To create an account, we collect your username, First name, Last name, City, State, Email Address and/or telephone number, and password.
  • Transactional information: We may collect your name, contact information and other limited information about your payment methods when you purchase a subscription. Credit Card Payments are processed and stored by third-party payment processors, so please refer to the applicable processor's terms and privacy policy for more information about how payment information is processed and stored.
  • Content you post or submit: Our Site may offer public forums or communication platforms that allow you to communicate with other users, submit reviews, ratings, comments, photographs, scorecards, course information, round notes, messages, profile information and other materials or communications (collectively, your "Content"). As described in our Terms of Use, your Content may be Public or Private. Your Content will be associated with your public user profile. Your Public Content and user profile is public, unencrypted and non-confidential. This means that it can be read and used by others, including advertisers. We are not responsible for the information you choose to submit in these public areas. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose information in public areas of our Site. You may not identify, or post Content containing information reasonably capable of identifying, any other individual without express permission.
  • Other information: We may collect information with your consent, where required or permitted by law, or when you choose to provide other information directly to us. For example, we may verify club memberships as part of our verification process, or collect information when you fill out a form, participate in a survey, poll, or promotion, or request customer support or otherwise communicate with us.
• Information We Collect Automatically. When you use or access our Site, we may also automatically collect information about you from your device. This includes:
  • Geographic Location: We may collect general geographical location information if your device transmits location data and/or your IP address.
  • Usage Data: We may log certain information when you access and use our Site. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, device information (e.g., device IDs), pages visited, links clicked, the requested URL, hardware settings, and search terms. See Section 4 below for more information.
  • Information collected from cookies and similar technologies: We and our service providers also collect information about users of the Site automatically using cookies and other tracking technologies. See Section 4 below for more information.
• Information We Collect From Third Parties. We collect the following information about you from third parties:
  • Third Party Networks: If you use a third party network (including a social media account) to create an account on our Site, to log-in to our Site, or if you otherwise interact with a third party network through our Site (such as by using a plug-in offered by that third party), we will receive information from the third party network, such as your username, email address, gender, public profile information and any other information that you have agreed to disclose to us, whether explicitly or through your privacy settings. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party networks for information about their practices.
  • Other sources: We may also obtain information about you, such as demographic information, from various third parties, such as business partners, marketers, researchers, analysts, and other parties that we may attribute to you based on your assignment to certain statistical groups. We use this information to supplement the information that we collect directly from you in order to derive your possible interests and to provide more relevant experiences for you with our brand and improve our products, analytics, and advertising.

2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT.

We generally use and process the information we collect about you (which may include use of large language models, retrieval-augmented generation systems, or other artificial intelligence or machine learning technologies) to operate, manage and maintain our business, to provide our products and services, and to accomplish our business purposes and objectives, including:

• to administer and manage our Site and provide our services, such as to create and administer accounts and facilitate the use and enjoyment of forums and communication platforms;
• to enable geographic-specific features, such as geographic-specific information;
• to provide the product, service, feature or information you have requested and to fulfill your transactions;
• to communicate with you, for example, sending you administrative messages, updates, legal notices, technical notices or security alerts, as well as sending you information about products, services, and promotional offers;
• to customize your user experience and to personalize the services of the Company and our ad partners and provide you with content of interest, including by tailoring the advertisements that are displayed to you to make them more useful and relevant to you;
• to conduct research and development, analyze and understand trends and user behavior and to improve our Site, products and services;
• to provide customer service, technical and other support;
• to protect the safety of the Company and our users, including to ensure compliance with our Terms of Use and other policies, and detect and prevent fraud;
• to engage in corporate transactions such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy;
• to exercise our rights, defend legal claims and comply with law, legal process and internal policies, or to act under emergency circumstances to protect our personal safety or the personal safety of the users of the Site or the public; and
• for other purposes with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

3. LEGAL BASES FOR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION:

The laws in certain jurisdictions require us to tell you the "legal bases" on which we process your information. Our legal bases for using your information as set out in this Privacy Policy are as follows:

• Where use of your information is necessary to perform our obligations under a contract with you (for example, to comply with: the Terms of Use or to fulfill a purchase you made)
• Where use of your information is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others (for example, to provide security for our Site and applications; operate our business and our Site; make and receive payments; comply with legal requirements and defend our legal rights; prevent fraud and to know the customer to whom we are providing the Site)
• Where we have a reason to process the data in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., to comply with applicable accounting rules and to make mandatory disclosures to law enforcement)
• Where we have your consent to engage in a particular processing activity (e.g., such as where legally required, we obtain your consent to send you marketing communications or newsletters, or to provide your information to specific third parties).
• We may aggregate and/or de-identify information collected through the Site. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we may use de-identified and/or aggregated data for any purpose, including without limitation for research and marketing purposes, and may also disclose such data to any third parties, including advertisers, promotional partners, sponsors, and/or others.

4. COOKIES, TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES AND INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING

• We and our service providers use technologies that automatically collect information about Site visitors and their visits to the Site, as described below.
• Specifically, we automatically collect information about how you access, navigate and leave our Site, including the website you came from before visiting our Site, what browser type and operating system you are using, the internet protocol (IP) address you are accessing the Site from, your mobile device ID or Advertising ID if you visit our Site from a mobile device, the pages of our Site that you are navigating through, the date and time of your visit, how long you spend on our Site or certain pages of our Site, and what website you go to after visiting our Site. This information may be used to determine how many visitors visit our Site or certain areas of our Site, how long they remain on our Site, whether they use the hyperlinks we provide or respond to advertising and to tailor our advertisements to you. We may disclose this information to partners who referred you to our Site, and with advertising partners, who may use the information to optimize the traffic they send to us and for delivering targeted ads to you when you visit other websites.
• We and our service providers collect information about Site visitors using cookies and other tracking technologies (including browser cookies and pixels). We use these technologies to remember your preferences and facilitate your navigation of our Site. We and our service providers and third-party advertising partners may also use these technologies to track your activities on our Site and other websites, including the websites and web pages that you visited, the ads or content that you clicked on, any items you may have purchased and the search terms you used, in order to deliver tailored advertising to you. We may also disclose a unique identifier linked to you (such as a hashed or encrypted version of your email address or telephone number) with advertising partners so that you may be served with tailored advertising on our websites or other third-party websites. However, you may opt out of network advertising programs that track your activities across multiple websites to deliver personalized advertising content to you by visiting Digital Advertising Alliance, Your Online Choices from the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance , NAI Opt-Out Page and the Ad Choices Opt-Out Page.
• If you would prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will allow you to: (i) change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) set your browser to automatically reject any cookies. You may also set your e-mail options to prevent the automatic downloading of images that may contain technologies that would allow us to know whether you have accessed our e-mail and performed certain functions with it.

5. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION.

We may disclose information we collect about you in the following circumstances.

• Advertising partners. As described above in the Cookies, tracking technologies and interest-based advertising section, we may share certain information about your device and browsing habits, including IP addresses and other online identifiers, with third-party advertising partners to present you with more relevant advertising about our Site as you browse the Internet.
• Business partners. Where permitted by and in accordance with applicable law, we may disclose or license Content that you have made publicly available through our public forums or communications platforms with third party partners, including for use in connection with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies (such as large language model development, training, testing, operation, and retrieval-augmented generation systems), in accordance with our Terms and Conditions of Service.
• Service Providers. We may use service to provide services to us or to you on our behalf. For example, our service providers may host our Site, analyze data collected from our Site, provide customer service on our behalf, facilitate and process transactions and payments, provide marketing or promotional assistance, distribute emails and other communications, post our advertisements (including online through targeted advertising campaigns), and collect your feedback on our Site and advertisements. We disclose your information to our service providers solely for the purposes of providing services to you and to us. They are not permitted to use your information for other purposes.
• Aggregate or de-identified information. As explained above, we may create aggregate or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be linked to you or your device. We may use and disclose this information for any purpose.
• With your consent. We may disclose your information to third parties with your consent. For example, if you provide us with your contact information, such as an e-mail address, for the purposes of signing up for information, newsletters, or marketing offers from a third party, or for receiving business offers or service quotes from a third party, we may disclose your information for that purpose. Once disclosed for these purposes, your information will be subject to the privacy policy of that third party.
• Business Transactions. We may disclose your information to third parties in connection with the proposed or actual financing, securitization, insuring, merger, sale, assignment or other disposal of all or part of the Company or our assets. These third parties may use the information for the purposes of evaluating and/or completing the proposed transaction and thereafter as a successor of our interests.
• Other. We may disclose your information in other circumstances in good faith where permitted or required by law or other legal process. For example, we may disclose your information: (a) to collect a debt owed to us; (b) as necessary to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order or other legal process; (c) if disclosure is requested by an investigatory body, law enforcement official or governmental authority which has lawful authority to request the disclosure of the information in respect of an investigation or other legal process; or (d) if we have reasonable grounds to believe that the information relates to a breach of an agreement or contravention of a law, or to protect the personal safety of our users or to defend our rights or property.

6. HOW WE STORE AND PROTECT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION RETENTION

• The security of your information is important to us. While we have implemented safeguards to protect the information we collect, no website or internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot and do not guarantee the security of your information. You acknowledge that you use the Site at your own risk. We urge you to take steps to keep your information safe, such as choosing a strong password and keeping it private, as well as logging out of your user account, and closing your web browser when you have finished using a Site on a shared or unsecured device.
• We maintain information on our servers (or those of our service providers). This information will be accessible to authorized employees, representatives and service providers as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Certain accounts you create on our Site are password protected. If you create an account on the Site, you are responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account password, and you shall be responsible for any activity that occurs using your account credentials, whether or not you authorized such activity. Please notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.
• If you correspond with us by email, text message, or using web forms like a "contact us" feature on the Site, you should be aware that your transmission might not be secure or considered confidential. A third party could view the information you send in transit, or we could disclose the information you send in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We will have no liability for disclosure of your information, including due to errors or unauthorized acts of third parties during or after transmission.
• Information Retention: We keep your information for no longer than necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.

7. LINKS TO EXTERNAL CONTENT

• Our Site may link or direct you to other websites, services or external content provided by third parties. We do not exercise any control over these third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third-party websites or services. We recommend that you read the privacy policy for any third-party website that you visit or service that you use.

8. CHILDREN

• Our Site is not directed to, and we do not knowingly request or collect "personal information" (as defined in applicable law) from children, persons under 13 years of age, or another age if required by applicable law, without prior verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected personal information about a child without verifiable parental consent, we will delete this information from our records or, if that is not reasonable, we will take reasonable available steps to de-identify the information.

9. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

• Information rights. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to make certain requests regarding your "personal information" or "personal data" (as such terms are defined under applicable law, and collectively referred to herein as "personal information"). Specifically, you may have the right to ask us to:
  • Inform you about the categories of personal information we collect or disclose about you; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we disclose personal information.
  • Provide you access to and/or a copy of certain personal information we hold about you.
  • Correct or update personal information we hold about you.
  • Delete certain personal information we have about you.
  • If you have an account with us, you can access and correct certain of the information in your account or public user profile by logging in to your account or profile and making the necessary edits.
  • As provided in applicable law, you also have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising your rights. Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need to retain certain information in order to provide our Site to you. We also need to take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request, which may include, at a minimum, depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, verifying your name and email address. You are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent's request. If you would like further information regarding your legal rights or would like to exercise any of them, please submit your request using the information in the "How to contact us" Section below.
  • Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to appeal our decision to deny your request, if applicable. If we deny your request, we will provide you with information on how to appeal the decision, if applicable, in our communications with you.
• Opting Out of Marketing Emails
  • You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in each communication and/or by selecting your communication preferences in your account or profile, if applicable. Please understand that it may take us a few days to process any opt-out request and that even if you opt out of receiving promotional correspondence from us, we may still contact you in connection with your account, activities, transactions and communications with us.

10. INTERNATIONAL USERS

• The information discussed in this Policy is processed in the United States by the Company, whose principal office is in the United States. Your information will be processed in the United States for the purposes described herein. As described above, we also may subcontract the processing of your data to, or otherwise disclose your data to, affiliates or service providers in countries other than your country of residence in accordance with applicable law. Such third parties may be engaged in, among other things, the provision of services to you, the processing of transactions and/or the provision of support services. By providing us with your Information and using the Site, you acknowledge and consent to any such transfer, storage or use.
• If we provide any information about you to third party information processors, we will take appropriate measures to ensure such companies protect your information adequately in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These measures include signing Standard Contractual Clauses in accordance with EU and other data protection laws to govern the transfers of such data.
• If applicable, you may make a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority in the country where you reside. Alternatively, you may seek a remedy through local courts if you believe your rights have been breached.

11. HOW TO CONTACT US.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@hallowedrounds.com.